no, it can't. she can still use a tampon and be a virgin.

Not only will they not break the hymen, they have the slender regular size made just for our younger ladies. And yes, you wrote that :) How old is your young lady? I have 2, age 11 and 20. Maybe I can help you approach it a little easier. Holla back and good luck.

I cannot believe I didn't put her age. She is 11.

Tampax do tampons for young girls. I didn't use them when I was a teenager but I do now probably because I get so heavy. My daughter is happy using towels and I find they are so much more discreet than they used to be. I don't think I would like her using tampons but if she asked me I would talk to her about it.

I can remember when I started I was a very active 7th grader. I swam and went to the lake. They did not make the small ones like they do know. I tried one of my moms when we went to the lake. Boy was that uncomfortable. She just said it will fill different when you start having s--. Thinking back she could of handled that a lot differently. I wish they made the small ones then. I hated the pads I was always scarred of leakage.

She will still be your sweet girl if she were to wear tampons. I never wore them until a few yrs ago myself. I think back now and wish I wore them a long time ago. It is so much more comfortable to wear than those big bulky pads. But, I would not let my daughter wear tampons for awhile.

I started using tampons when I was 14. i got my cycle at 11. I wanted to swim and could not with pads.

One thing I should tell you is that, I have a nearly 12 yr old daughter and due to my issues with my cycle. I have hemmoraging every other month. When I was a teen the doctors suggested BC for me. My mom being catholic would not hear of that. So I ended up in bed with my legs elevated 3 days a month for a 10 -14 day cycle. I was in so much pain. I would cry for hours from it. I feel looking back that was abusive. However mom did allow me to use tampons as I would go through a tampon and a pad in just an hour or two on my heaviest days. I never even felt them due to how much was comming out.

I have to have D&C's three times a year to help with my cycles now. They did get better for a little while after having my kids. BC did help but due to other issues i can not be on them anymore.

I talked with my daughters pediatrician, and she said, " If your daughter has cycles like you did there are BC's that we can use. We don't need to tell her the medicine is BC just to help her cycles. However with your Hx of Endometriosis and difficulties with pregnancies, we will also look into shots for her that will make her cycle go away except for 3 times a year."

I am so glad that I am open with my daughter. i have told her that her fathers aunts did not get theirs till they were 14 and 16 not sure about the other sister. They were all really thin like her. I told her how young I was. I told her that if she has any PAIN and if she has any bleeding to tell me. I don't want her to suffer the way my mom made me.

I think that most parents feel that talking to their kids will somehow make them WANT to experiment.

I think that using a tampon or not should be the least of our worries. The biggest thing we should teach is not to leave them in for more then 4 hours and to alternate with pads. Maybe only use them swimming.

I hope this helps.

I started mensus at 11, so did my mom and my 15 and 14 year old daughters. My ten year old seems to be on the same path.

I started using tampons when I was 15 because I was on the swim team. Our family goes swimming a lot so my daughters have used tampons. The 15 y/o is fine with them. The 14 y/o chooses to sit out and read a book instead of using tampons.

We talked with our pediatrician and he explained to them about TSS and STD's.

I feel virginity is more a state of mind rather than if her hymen is in place.

The way I see it, it's just a tampon. It's not a penis. I seriously doubt she'll confuse the two.

one thought: when swimming, your daughter will never look next to her only to see her tampon floating at the top. just saying. and yes, they are comfy and appropriate. hope that helps.

My daughter also came home from school with a lot of tampon questions after that maturation class. I went over all the period stuff with her before she even got to that class, but I didn't mention those because I didn't feel it was necessary! Anyway, there is a book called "The Care and Keeping of You" that is available at Bath and Body Works (weird place for that kind of book, but it's in the American Girl section) anyway, it's a really comfortable book for girls about all kinds of things that their body is, and will be going through, including tampons and how to use them. I read the whole thing with my daughter cover to cover. It's perfect for the "talk" excluding actual intercourse. It's only about HER body and all the changes. It talks about much more than periods, it talks about shaving, and acne and hormones and mood swings and exercise and how to pick the right bra, lots of stuff. It actually opened a lot of uncomfortable doors for her and I to be able to talk about comfortably. I've been reccomending it to all my girlfriends who have daughters around her age. Hope that helps!

My 12 yr old just got her period on monday!!! I got mine when I was 10, My mom refused to let me where tampons. I remember how self conscience I felt about wearing pads (the way I smelled, looked, felt ect) I snuck slender tampons for years before she found out. But as a young girl I wasn't connecting a tampon with anything sexual. So when my daughter got her period on monday, I discussed with her in an honest and open way that i will let her have the choice to choose for her body what she would like to do. She chose pads and she knows that it is up for discussion when she is ready for anything different. Believe me, this is one of the ONLY times in the past 1.5 years that there has been open discussion between me and her. She began making this loud horse noise and stomping away from me and slamming her door...Finally one issue she found wisdom in me!!!

When my daughter got her period I asked the pharmacist how old should girls be when they first start using tampons, and she said that they shouldn't use them until they are sexually active.